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Adjective: beaming  beeming
  1. Cheerful and bright
    "a beaming smile"
    - glad
     
  2. Pleased and proud
    "beaming parents"
     
  3. Radiating or as if radiating light
    "the beaming sun"
    - beamy, effulgent, radiant, refulgent
Verb: beam  beem
  1. Smile radiantly; express joy through one's facial expression
     
  2. Emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light
    "The fire beamed on their faces"
    - shine
     
  3. Express with a beaming face or smile
    "he beamed his approval"
     
  4. Broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television
    - air, send, broadcast, transmit
     
  5. Have a complexion with a strong bright colour, such as red or pink
    - glow, radiate, shine
     
  6. Experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion
    "She was beaming with joy"
    - glow, radiate, shine

See also: bright, cheerful, proud

Type of: air, appear, bare, evince, experience, express, feel, look, publicise [Brit], publicize, seem, show, smile

Encyclopedia: Beam Beam, Jacob Dyneley